On the morning of January 5, 428 of the Great Jin Dynasty, in a meeting hall in the Governor's Mansion of Jianyang City, Suzhou, the atmosphere was very solemn, and the news of the fiasco in Qinhuai City had already reached Jianyang City.

Zhang Mingqi, the leader of the Red Turban Army, said to several henchmen in a hoarse voice: "Now the 900,000 troops gathered in Qinhuai City are no longer one out of ten, and the troops of our Red Turban Army in the entire territory of Suzhou are all counted as 100,000 hanging zero, in the face of hundreds of thousands of imperial troops led by the Broken Army, it is impossible for our Red Turban Army to hold the counties and counties occupied in Suzhou, let's talk about it, what should we do next?" Could it be that he could only accept the recruitment of the Great Jin Dynasty? Alas—"

Zhang Mingqi's most trusted adviser Tang Yan immediately said: "His Royal Highness King Yue, if there is no fiasco in Qinhuai City, we can still talk to the court about Zhao'an, now our Red Turban Army in Suzhou only has 100,000 troops left, just like His Royal Highness the King of Yue said, the counties in Suzhou can no longer be defended, at this time to talk about Zhao'an with the Great Jin Imperial Court, the Great Jin Imperial Court will definitely come up with very harsh conditions." ”

Zhang Mingqi said bitterly: "But the combat effectiveness shown by the Broken Army is too strong, not to mention Suzhou, even in Qiongzhou, south of Suzhou, this king is worried about being beaten down by the Broken Army, after all, our Red Turban Army only has more than 200,000 troops in one city and nine counties in the entire territory of Qiongzhou, with this more than 200,000 troops, where can we stop the wolf and tiger division of the Broken Army!" ”

Tang Yan continued: "His Royal Highness the King of Yue, if you can't hold it, you have to defend it, your subordinates suggest that you immediately give Wu Zan an an order, so that they can withdraw all the remaining troops in Suzhou to Qiongzhou, so that we can gather more than 300,000 troops in Qiongzhou, and then through local conscription, we should be able to expand some troops, and His Royal Highness the King of Yue can also reinforce a group of elite troops from Suzhou to Qiongzhou, and it is not so easy for the army to capture the entire Qiongzhou." ”

After a pause, Tang Yan continued: "Only by blocking the imperial army of the Broken Army in Qiongzhou can we have the capital to negotiate with the Great Jin Imperial Court. ”

At this time, Zhang Mingqi's cousin, Liu Fengbao, who was also the first fierce general of the Red Turban Army, said loudly: "Please ask His Royal Highness the King of Yue to let me lead the troops to Qiongzhou, I am willing to make a military order and swear to block the Broken Army in Qiongzhou!" ”

Liu Fengbao's personality is actually very arrogant, but the 900,000 troops in Qinhuai City were defeated by the Broken Army in a short time, so Liu Fengbao no longer spoke wildly, saying anything like taking off Liu Ji's head.

Before Zhang Mingqi could speak, Chu He, another strategist under Zhang Mingqi's command, said: "His Royal Highness King Yue, now the situation in Suzhou and Qiongzhou is critical, and his subordinates think that General Liu must personally lead the troops to go, and Suzhou can be given to the Broken Army, but Qiongzhou must not be occupied by the Broken Army again!" ”

Zhang Mingqi pondered for a moment, then nodded to Liu Fengbao and said: "The 100,000 elites here in Jianyang City, you take 50,000, and this king will find a way to make up 100,000 newly formed troops for you, and there will be Qiongzhou, and this king will hand it over to Fengbao." ”

Liu Fengbao slapped his chest with his right hand and said: "Your Royal Highness King Yue, don't worry, with my Liu Fengbao here, the Broken Army will definitely not be able to take Qiongzhou!" ”

Then Zhang Mingqi sighed and said: "Now that Qinhuai City has been defeated, if Huai'an City is defeated again, this king can only go to the title himself, and then accept the recruitment of the Great Jin Court, but in that case...... Alas—"

Tang Yan said comfortingly: "His Royal Highness King Yue, the reinforcements of the Great Jin Dynasty to rescue Hangzhou Huai'an City, although there are 800,000 people, plus the imperial court army in Huai'an City, the Great Jin Dynasty has gathered more than one million troops in Huai'an City, but the troops gathered by our Red Turban Army in Huai'an City have a total strength of not less than one million, and the general Zhao Lianjin, who led the troops, is resourceful, and the most important thing is that there is no broken army in Huai'an City. ”

Zhang Mingqi smiled bitterly and said: "Zhao Lianjin sent a secret letter to this king not long ago, preparing to start a decisive battle with the imperial army in Huai'an City in the near future, but unfortunately, at this time, this king has no way to send more reinforcements to Zhao Lianjin." ”

Tang Yan stroked his beard and said: "Zhao Lianjin is cautious, now the two sides are facing off with millions of troops in Huai'an City, since Zhao Lianjin will choose a decisive battle, there must be his reason, His Royal Highness King Yue, maybe it won't be long before there will be good news from Huai'an City." ”

In the afternoon of the same day, Pang Wenyan and Chu Xiushu, the two deputy palace masters of Yaoguang Palace in Guanghan Palace, entered the state pastor mansion in Jianyang City, and after seeing Zhang Mingqi, Pang Wenyan asked Zhang Mingqi: "His Royal Highness King Yue, how did you consider the proposal of our Guanghan Palace?" ”

Zhang Mingqi said with a wry smile: "Two fairies, you must also know that our Red Turban Army suffered a fiasco in Qinhuai City, and at this time, it will be very unfavorable to our Red Turban Army to talk about Zhao'an, and the conditions proposed by the Great Jin Court must be very harsh, so let's wait and talk about peace talks with the Great Jin Court!" ”

Chu Xiushu frowned and said: "His Royal Highness King Yue, the reason why our Guanghan Palace proposed to let the Red Turban Army negotiate peace with the Great Jin Imperial Court is because the Broken Army joined the counterinsurgency army of the Great Jin Imperial Court, and now the Broken Army has caused more than one million losses to the Red Turban Army in Qinhuai City, and the Red Turban Army continues to fight with the Broken Army, and the losses are bound to be even greater, why not take advantage of the fact that the Red Turban Army still has an army of more than two million to compromise with the Great Jin Imperial Court?" Our Guanghan Palace is indeed for the sake of His Royal Highness King Yue, and in the peace talks with the Great Jin Dynasty, our Guanghan Palace will still stand on the side of His Royal Highness King Yue! ”

Zhang Mingqi waved his hand and said: "The kindness of Guanghan Palace, this king understands it, but at this time, this king will definitely not accept the recruitment of the Great Jin Dynasty, and this king is also confident that in Qiongzhou, he will block the broken army, and even annihilate the broken army in the south!" ”

"On the territory of Qiongzhou? So, is His Royal Highness King Yue going to give up Suzhou? Pang Wenyan asked.

Zhang Mingqi nodded helplessly and said: "The counties in Suzhou occupied by our Red Turban Army have not been occupied for a long time, and the foundation of our Red Turban Army in these counties is also very shallow, plus there are only 100,000 Red Turban Army troops left in Suzhou, so we can only temporarily abandon Suzhou and withdraw 100,000 troops into Qiongzhou." ”

Pang Wenyan and Chu Xiushu glanced at each other, and then Pang Wenyan said: "Since His Royal Highness King Yue has not made up his mind yet, then our sisters will not continue to stay in Jianyang City for the time being, we will set off for Suzhou today, our Elder Wu and Elder Wen of Guanghan Palace suddenly disappeared in Qinhuai City, and our sisters must go to find out the truth of the matter." ”

Zhang Mingqi frowned and said, "Two fairies, Suzhou is about to be occupied by the imperial army, is it appropriate for you to enter Suzhou at this time?" Why don't we let the spies that the Red Turban Army have arranged in Suzhou to help the two fairies find the whereabouts of Elder Wu and Elder Wen. ”

Chu Xiushu said indifferently: "Even if our Guanghan Palace supports the Red Turban Army, the Great Jin Imperial Court will not dare to have any disrespect to our Guanghan Palace, even if it is the Broken Army, it will not dare either!" The two armies are at war, and life and death have their own destiny, so if the disciples of our Guanghan Palace die on the battlefield, our Guanghan Palace will not pursue it, but if the disciples of our Guanghan Palace do not die on the battlefield, then our Guanghan Palace will definitely find out the culprit and seek justice for the dead disciples of Guanghan Palace! ”

The two deputy palace masters of Guanghan Palace, just a few days after leaving Jianyang City, Zhang Mingqi received a news that made him ecstatic, his confidant Zhao Lianjin, led the Red Turban Army, won a big victory outside Huai'an City, eliminating and capturing nearly 400,000 imperial troops, and even Dou Bing, the first fierce general of the Great Jin Imperial Court, was seriously injured by a captain under Zhao Lianjin.

On the evening of January 7, 428 of the Great Jin Dynasty, in the state governor's mansion in Huai'an City, Hangzhou, the hussar general Li Hong asked the pale-faced chariot general Dou Bing with concern: "General Dou, how are your injuries?" ”

Dou Bing, the general of the cavalry, smiled bitterly and said: "There is a sky outside the sky, there are people outside the people, it is true, I didn't expect that there are such young fierce generals in the Red Turban Army, I was a little careless today, my injury is not a big problem, and it did not hurt my muscles and bones, but Dou someone was careless today, but it has affected hundreds of thousands of soldiers, if it wasn't for Dou someone who got carried away for a while, he would not have fallen into the trap of the Red Turban Army." ”

Hussar General Li Hong sighed and said: "No one thought that the Red Turban Army would come up with a fire bull formation, I originally thought that today's battle would be like Qin Huai City, and defeat the Red Turban Army thieves outside Huai'an City, but I didn't want to ...... Alas—"

Dou Bing, a general of the chariot cavalry, led the 21st Road Suppression Army, with a total of 800,000 troops, until January 2, 428 of the Great Jin Dynasty, before arriving at Huai'an City, the state capital of Hangzhou.

After the 800,000 reinforcements of the imperial court arrived in Huai'an City, the Red Turban Army, which had already surrounded Huai'an City, took the initiative to give up the east, west and north outside Huai'an City, and more than one million Red Turban Army all retreated to the south outside Huai'an City, while the 21st Rebel Army of the Great Jin Dynasty placed their camp in the north outside Huai'an City.

At this time, the news of Qinhuaicheng's victory had been transmitted to Huai'an City through carrier pigeons, and Li Hong, the hussar general who was originally stationed in Huai'an City, and Dou Bing, the general of the chariot cavalry, and other commanders of the 20th Route Suppression Rebel Army discussed and decided to take advantage of the morale of Qinhuaicheng's victory to improve the morale of their soldiers and defeat the Red Turban Army outside Huai'an City in one fell swoop.

Once the Red Turban Army outside Huai'an City can also be defeated, then this rebellion, which has spread throughout the seven southeastern states, will soon be quelled.

The hussar general Li Hong and the chariot cavalry general Dou Bing chose the day of the decisive battle on January 7, and mobilized a total of 520,000 soldiers from the 21st Route Suppression Rebel Army, and the hussar general Li Hong also transferred 20,000 elite forbidden troops and 40,000 Xiang troops from Huai'an City.

Soon after the decisive battle began, the hundreds of thousands of troops sent by the Red Turban Army were somewhat unable to bear it, and were killed by the 580,000 troops of the imperial court, and retreated, and soon the imperial army's troops approached the various camps of the Red Turban Army in the south outside Huai'an City.

Seeing that the Red Turban Army had already collapsed, Dou Bing, the general of the Che Cavalry, as the commander-in-chief of the battlefield, immediately ordered to invest more troops and strengthen the attack on the various camps of the Red Turban Army.

However, when the imperial army approached the various camps of the Red Turban Army in the south outside Huai'an City, tens of thousands of cattle suddenly appeared in the various camps of the Red Turban Army, and the horns of these cattle were tied with blades, and the tail of the ox was tied with oiled hay, and it was ignited with fire, so that tens of thousands of cattle suddenly rushed to the soldiers of both sides who were still mixed, and behind the tens of thousands of fire oxen, there were hundreds of thousands of Red Turban troops who launched a counterattack.

At this time, there were at least tens of thousands of people in the Red Turban Army who were fighting with the imperial army, and under the impact of tens of thousands of fire oxen, many Red Turban soldiers were killed, but more were killed by the fire ox, and it was the soldiers of the imperial army.

In the face of tens of thousands of fire oxen and hundreds of thousands of Red Turban troops behind, the imperial army was finally defeated, with the 580,000 army losing nearly 400,000, and even the chariot general Dou Bing was also cut by a young Red Turban Army general in the melee.

The commanders of the rest of the 20th Route Suppression Rebel Army were very lucky, although they all led their troops to battle today, they all fled safely back to the camp in the north outside Huai'an City.

Dou Bing, the general of the cavalry, hesitated for a moment and said to the hussar general Li Hong: "After today's battle, our 21st Counterinsurgency Army has suffered very large losses, and now although there are more than 400,000 people outside the city, the number of soldiers is only more than 200,000, and the remaining more than 200,000 are auxiliary soldiers. ”

Hussar general Li Hong pondered for a moment and said: "Today, the 20,000 elite forbidden troops and 40,000 van troops sent by this general, only less than 20,000 people fled back to Huai'an City, which made Huai'an City's defensive force weaken by more than 30% at once, and it seems that only the troops outside the city can enter the city, fortunately, Huai'an City's food reserves are sufficient, but once the troops outside the city enter Huai'an City, then the Red Turban Army will inevitably re-encircle Huai'an City, and if you want to relieve the siege of Huai'an City, it will become far away. ”

Dou Bing, the general of the cavalry, thought for a while and said: "General Li, as long as Huai'an City is still in our hands, we have not completely failed, and now the conquest general Liu Ji has led his troops to defeat the Red Turban Army besieging Qinhuai City, maybe after the imperial court learns about the situation here in our Huai'an City, it will let General Liu Ji lead troops to relieve the siege of Huai'an City, as long as Liu Ji's broken army arrives in Huai'an City, Huai'an City will be safe." ”

The hussar general Li Hong smiled bitterly and said: "Liu Ji annihilated millions of thieves of the Red Turban Army in Qinhuai City, but we were beaten by the Red Turban Army here in Huai'an City and had to retreat into the city, which can disgrace the face of our forbidden army." ”

Dou Bing, the general of the cavalry, said: "The Broken Army under Liu Ji has extraordinary combat effectiveness, otherwise it would not be able to defeat Gaochang Kingdom in the Western Regions, and defeated many nomads in a row on the grassland, and now our Thirteenth Family is trying its best to win over Liu Ji." ”

"What are Liu Ji's preferences?"

"Liu Ji can be said to be lustful."